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' JOB F. SCOTT AXD ALBERT B. CURTIS, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD TO' JEROME H. SMITH, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

BOX AND FAIL' FASTENER. j

No. 898,994. L

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented Sept. 15, 1908.-

Application tiled .Tune 2, 1905. Serial No. 263,440.

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to metailic ties for boxes and the like and its'object is to provide a simple, durable and e'flicient device of this character designed to be placed around a box or the like and having its ends so shaped as to be conveniently twisted after which said ends can be driven into the box after the manner of a staple so as to render removal of the tie difficult except by cutting the same or marring the box.

'ith these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel fea-tures of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more full)v described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of the invention.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a box having thereon a tie embodying the present improvements. Fig. 2 is ay perspective view of the end portions of the tie as they appear prior to the application of the tie to a box. Fig. 3 is a view similar to 2 and showing the tie ends twisted together.

Referring tothe gures by characters of reference, 3 designates a wire of any suitable size and bent. into substantially rectangular form and the end portions of this wire are bent perpendicularly to form arms 4 which are disposed parallel and each of which is of` the same length and terminates in a pointed prong 5 located perpendicularly to the arm, the two prongs extending in opposite directions but being located within parallel planes which also include the arms of the respective prongs.

As heretofore intimated it is designed to construct these ties as articles of manufacture and of different sizes and theyycan be readily applied to a box 1- by slip )ing them therearound so that the arms 4 w1 l be osit-ioned close together as indicated in Fig. 2..

The two arms can then be twisted together as indicated at 6 in Fig. 3 after which the sharpened prongs 5 can be driven into the box. By twisting the arms 4 together the tie is tightened around the box.

As indicated the box to which the tie is to be applied may be grooved as at 9 and 11 so that the tic can iittherein .flush with the outer faces of the box. Grooves 10 may also lbe utilized to receive the arms 4 of the tie. In addition to these grooves a seal wafer such fixed to the box upon the lid 2 thereof directly above the arms 4. 'hat is claimed is: The combination with a receptacle having a longitudinal channel, channel intersecting the same; of a tie seated within the longitudinal channel and comprising a single metallic strip having its end portions extending )erpendicular thereto and constituting paral el arms, each arm terminating in a pointed prong extending at right angles therefrom, t 1e two prongs being extended in opposite directions, eaci prono' vas indicated bv dotted lines at 16 may be afand a transverse with the plane of the other arm and its prong, said arms being disposed to engage at the point of intersection of the longitudinal and transverse grooves and being bent in opposite. directions into the transverse grooves to force the prongs into engagement with the receptacle, and a seal disposed to be laced fiat upon the receptacle to cover sait arms and the intersecting portions of the channels.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto affixed our signatures' in the presence of two witnesses.

JOB F. SCOTT. e .BERT B. CURTIS.

Witnesses:

BLANCHE Rowman), JOHN M. CARR. 

